Excise policy case | BRS leader Kavitha produced before Delhi court

The ED may seek her 10-day custody from the court. Her defence is expected to contest the same as they had called the March 15 ED action illegal as her petition for no coercive action in this case is pending before the Supreme Court and is listed for March 19.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 16 produced arrested BRS leader K. Kavitha before a court in New Delhi in a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

The agency produced the Telangana Legislative Council member before Special Judge M.K. Nagpal, who is likely to take up the matter shortly.

“We will fight it (case) out in court,” the BRS leader told media persons while being produced before the court.

The 46-year-old MLC, daughter of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and former Telangana CM Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the Central probe agency from her residence at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad last evening and brought to Delhi.

A team of doctors and medics were seen entering the federal agency's office in central Delhi in the morning where Ms. Kavitha was housed after her arrest.

The hospital staff is understood to have been called by the ED for conducting a basic medical check up of the politician before she is taken to the court post noon.

The ED may seek her 10-day custody from the court. Her defence is expected to contest the same as they had called the Friday ED action illegal as her petition for no coercive action in this case is pending before the Supreme Court and is listed for March 19.